“I compared it to preamps at double and even triple the price and the MM-008 held its own with aplomb. I tried various genres of music and in every case, the MM-008 was incredibly transparent, adding very little of its own sound to the signal. Of all the preamps at this price point that I have auditioned, this unit comes the closest to the preamp ideal of being a straight wire with gain…if you don’t need a multitude of connections, the MM-008 is one of the best preamps you can buy for this price….the Thorens MM-008 is one of the great values on offer in the world of high-end audio.”